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Ministry of Panchayati Raj
People's Plan Campaign
The Ministry has been rolling out People’s Plan Campaign as ‘Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas’ since 2018 for preparation of evidence based, holistic and inclusive Plan in structured manner for the next financial year through people’s participation. This year, the campaign is commenced from 2nd October 2022 for preparation of thematic Gram Panchayat Development Plan for next financial year i.e. 2023-24 through people’s participation. The People’s Plan Campaign is an effective strategy for ensuring preparation of participatory Gram Panchayat Development Plans in a campaign mode with voluntary involvement of community, elected representatives, frontline workers of respective Line Departments, Self Help Groups, and other related stakeholders.
For the Plan year 2022-23, total 30 States/ UTs have prepared Gram Panchayat Development Plan during People’s Plan Campaign during 2021-22.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM welcomes development in the border areas of Mago village in Mukto assembly constituency of Arunachal Pradesh
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi welcomed development in the border areas of Mago village in Mukto assembly constituency of Arunachal Pradesh and said that this will empower those living in border villages.
Responding to the tweet by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Shri Pema Khandu, the Prime Minister tweeted;
"A welcome development in the border areas, which will empower those living in border villages."
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
24 countries set to participate in the 2nd MARITIME INDIA SUMMIT- 2021 which starts from 2nd March
Prime Minister to inaugurate the virtual Summit
Around 20,000 delegates will participate, 24 partner countries will join and more than 400 Projects are set to be showcased in the 2nd edition of Maritime India Summit  2021 to be held virtually from 2nd March to 4th March. Prime MinisterShri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Maritime India Summit-2021 on 2nd March. The event is being organised by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways  jointly with FICCI as Industrial Partner andEY as Knowledge Partner.
Addressing a Curtain Raiser press-conference today at the National Media Centre, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Mansukh Mandaviyasaid that the Maritime India Summit  is going to provide a powerful platform for international collaboration and bring in partner countries for mutual exchange of knowledge and opportunities.
Shri Mansukh Mandaviya and senior officials also launched a brochure and the website www.maritimeindiasummit.in for the MIS-2021 during the press conference.. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic situation, the entire summit will be held on virtual platform www.maritimeindiasummit.in. The registration for the visitors and exhibitors will start from today with the launch.
Dr. Sanjiv Ranjan, Secretary of Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterwaysbriefly explained the Budget 2021-22 announcements related to Ports , Shipping and Maritime sector and termed them as pathbreaking initiatives to promote Aatmirbhar Bharat. A whole new range of opportunities will be opening up with the passing of Major Ports Authorities Bill 2020 in the parliament yesterday, Dr.Rajan added.
The MIS 2021 will provide a unique platform which will have physical and virtual presence of prominent shipping and transport ministers/ dignitaries from across the world. Maritime States of India will participate in the Summit through dedicated sessions. The Summit will also include an exclusive CEOs’ forum and various thematic/ breakout sessions.
For further information, the MIS-20021 websitecan be accessed :www.maritimeindiasummit.in
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Let’s make ‘Clean Air For All’ a participative mission: Union Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav
“It’s time to make ‘Clean Air For All’ a participative mission. The air quality improvement efforts have shown positive trends in achievement of better air quality in cities across the country. But if we wish to achieve what we aspire, ‘Jan Bhagidari’ or participative governance holds the key.” This was stated by Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav in Chennai today during the inauguration of Sensitization cum Review Workshop – National Clean Air Programme  and XV-FC Million Plus Cities Challenge Fund  of Southern region comprising Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Pondicherry, Daman and Diu and Dadar and Nagar Haveli.
Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister for Environment, Government of Tamil Nadu Shri Siva . V. Meyyanathan, Secretary of Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Smt Leena Nandan, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Forest, Government of Tamil Nadu Smt Supriya Sahu, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Shri Naresh Pal Gangwar participated in the inaugural ceremony of the 2 day regional workshop organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Speaking on the occasion Minister Shri Bhupender Yadav appreciated the state mentioning that Chennai, Madurai and Trichy, the 3 million plus cities' air quality is within the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. He also praised the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for the initiative of E- Commute program, under which all the officials of the board commute to office every Wednesday through non fossil fuel driven vehicles.
In another revolutionary step, he asserted that India leapfrogged to BS-VI standard and the adoption of its norms for fuel and vehicles is one of the landmark policy decisions towards combating air pollution.
“Under NCAP, 132 non-attainment cities have been identified across the country based on the Air Quality data from 2014-2018. The list is a heterogeneous mix of cities of all sizes and types and in southern India we have 13 such cities from Andhra Pradesh and 4 each from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana”, he added.
Shri Bhupender Yadav recalled the Prime Minister’s commitment to ensure clean air to all people by improving the air quality in around 100 cities through holistic approach.
The Minister appealed to the young population to become active agents in the mission to improve air quality by adopting sustainable lifestyles, appropriate behaviours and attitudes and become change agents of the society. He expressed confidence that with the coordination, collaboration, participation and sustained efforts of all stakeholders, the objectives of NCAP in addressing the issue of air pollution in a comprehensive manner will be achieved.
Ministry of Railways
Total route length of 1610 Km of Dedicated Freight Corridor has been completed out of total 2843 Km till October, 2022
Joint Parcel Product has been launched by Indian Railways in collaboration with India Post with the aim to target business-to-customer and business-to-business market
For dedicated freight movement, Indian Railways has undertaken a mega-infrastructure project namely the Dedicated Freight Corridor , comprising Western Dedicated Freight Corridor  and Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor totalling 2843 route Km.
A total route length of 1610 Km  has been completed out of total 2843 Km till October, 2022.
Joint Parcel Product  has been launched by Indian Railways in collaboration with India Post which aims to target business-to-customer  and business-to-business  market with focus on e-Commerce and MSME market. Under the ‘JPP’, India Post provides First & Last Mile services, and Indian Railways provide the Middle Mile services.
In this regard, a pilot project for ‘JPP’ has been launched on 31.03.2022, by attaching a Parcel Van in Tapti Ganga Express  between Surat and Varanasi.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronic & Information Technology, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Bureau of Civil Aviation Security and Yamuna International Airport sign LoA for civil aviation security
A Letter of Agreement  was signed between the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security  and Yamuna International Airport Private Limited  in New Delhi today. The LoA defines provisions for civil aviation security responsibilities and functions at the upcoming international airport at Jewar, Noida. The agreement letter was signed by Shri Ankit Garg, Deputy Director General, BCAS, and Shri Christoph Schnellmann, CEO, YIAPL. Shri Jaideep Prasad, DG, BCAS, and Ms. Kiranjeet Kaur Jain, COO of YIAPL were also present on the occasion.
The Letter of Agreement stipulates the civil aviation security responsibilities and functions and implement the tasks relating to civil aviation security, defined, and allocated for implementation of various aspects of the National Civil Aviation Security Programme  at Noida International Airport.
The contract of construction of the airport has been awarded to YIAPL, which is a joint venture of the Airport Authority of India , the Government of Uttar Pradesh, and Zurich international airport.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Rural and indigenous/tribal games namely Mallakhamb, Kalaripayattu, Gatka, Thang-Ta, Yogasana and Silambam have been identified under ‘Promotion of rural and indigenous/tribal games’ component of Khelo India Scheme: Shri Anurag Thakur
There are a number of indigenous sports being played in different States as per their culture and tradition. ‘Sports’ being a state subject, the responsibility to promote indigenous sports in the country and conduct special training programmes for the development and promotion of traditional sports rests primarily with the respective State/Union Territory Governments. The Union Government supplements their efforts.
This Ministry runs a Central Sector Scheme, namely, the ‘Khelo India – National Programme for Development of Sports’ Scheme , of which one of the Components, namely, ‘Promotion of rural and indigenous/tribal games’, is specifically dedicated to the development and promotion of rural and indigenous/tribal games in the country. Indigenous games of Mallakhamb, Kalaripayattu, Gatka, Thang-Ta, Yogasana and Silambam have been identified for promotion under this Component. Grants are sanctioned for infrastructure development, equipment support, appointment of coaches, training of coaches and scholarships under this Component. In addition, Mallakhamb, Kalaripayyattu, Gatka, Thang-Ta and Yogasana were also included in the recently concluded third edition of Khelo India Youth Games at Panchkula, Haryana.
Further, this Ministry has also made documentaries of various indigenous games in order to showcase and promote/revive them, namely, Gatka, Roll Ball, Tug of War, Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta, Kho-Kho, Mallakhamb, Shooting Ball, Sqay, Kabaddi, Gilli Danda, Sikkim Archery, Dhoop Khel and Cowrie Khel, Paika Akhada and Chhau and Akhada Kushti, Hekko, Mizoram Games, Silabam, Lagori and Langadi. The documentaries have been uploaded on the digital repository of the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat website, Facebook page of the Fit India Movement, Youtube channel of Fit India Movement and Youtube channel of MyGov India.
This Ministry implements various Sports Promotional Schemes across the country through the Sports Authority of India , viz. National Centres of Excellence , SAI Training Centre , Extension Centre of STC, National Sports Talent Contest  -  School & Akharas), whereby services of expert coaches, sports equipment, boarding and lodging, sports kit, competition exposure, educational expenses, medical/ insurance and stipend as per the approved scheme norms are provided. The disciplines in these schemes include traditional Indian games, like Kabaddi, Archery, Wrestling, Kho-Kho, etc.
This information was given by Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Thakur in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
Curtain Raiser: Naval Commanders’ Conference 22/1
The first edition of Naval Commanders' Conference of 2022 is scheduled from 25 to 28 Apr 22. The Conference serves as a platform for Naval Commanders to discuss important maritime matters at the military-strategic level as well as interact with Senior Government functionaries through an institutionalised forum.
During the Conference, Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh will address and interact with the Naval Commanders on matters pertaining to the national security. The Chiefs of Indian Army and Indian Air Force will also interact with the Naval Commanders to address convergence of the three Services vis-à-vis a common operational environment, as well as discuss avenues of augmenting Tri-Service synergy and readiness.
The Chief of the Naval Staff, along with other Naval Commanders will review major Operational, Materiel, Logistics, Human Resource Development, Training and Administrative activities undertaken by the Indian Navy in the last six months and further deliberate upon future plans for important activities and initiatives. The conference would also dwell upon dynamics of the geostrategic situation in the backdrop of security scenario in the neighbourhood as well as changes emerging due to ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The Indian Navy is focused on being a combat ready, credible and cohesive force with a future-ready outlook and continues to assiduously execute its mandate. The Navy has witnessed a significant growth in its operational tasking over the years in consonance with India’s growing maritime interests. Indian Navy’s standing as the ‘Preferred Security Partner’ has also grown concomitantly in recent times. In 2020-21, IN ships have undertaken multiple COVID related outreach missions to provide food and medical aid to IOR littoral nations and beyond as part of Hon’ble PM’s vision of SAGAR .
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Army Engineer-in-Chief briefs Dr Jitendra Singh about road projects in J&K
The Army Engineer-in-Chief , Lt. Gen. S.K. Shrivastava called on the Union Minister of State  of the Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy & Space, Dr Jitendra Singh here today and briefed him about the current status of the various Road and Bridge projects coming up in Jammu & Kashmir through various Army agencies including the Border Roads Organization .
Dr Jitendra Singh stressed upon the E-in-C to expedite the pace of work on vital projects, so as to make sure that most of these projects are completed before the yearend. He also discussed the landmark Chhattergalla tunnel to be constructed at a budget of over Rs.3500 crore, the feasibility study of which has already been done and which will be taken up for construction in the course of the construction of the new National Highway from Lakhanpur to Basohli-Bani to Bhaderwah and Doda.
Lt. Gen. Shrivastava informed Dr Jitendra Singh that an important road project in district Kathua, namely Parmanand-Taragarh-NJS-Parole, has been fixed for completion this year and it also involves construction of three bridges including those on Begwal nullah and Baknor nullah. He said, the timeline for completion of Chann-Khatriyan-Kattal-Gurjan-Londi-Bobiya in district Kathua has been fixed for 2019. He added that the work on Rajpura-Madwal-Pangadur-Thulpur causeway is complete as far as road is concerned, but a 617 meters span bridge located at Point 82 km location may take another two years.
E-in-C informed the Union Minister that the important Dhar-Udhampur road involves construction of a 259 meter span bridge at KM 42.59, which may take less than a year for completion, whereas the timeline for the entire road is 2019.
The BRO road construction from Kishtwar to Zanskar also came up for discussion. Lt. Gen. Shrivastava also informed about the upgradation of three bridges along Doda to Kishtwar road in order to make these capable of bearing the load of heavy equipment transport, as required by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation .
Gen. Shrivastava updated Dr Jitendra Singh about the six crucial BRO bridges to come up this year in Kathua-Udhampur sector at a cost of over Rs.46 crore. One of these bridges, he said, has already become functional while the other five are likely to be completed by the end of this year. The Bein bridge is likely to be complete soon, while the Tarnah-II bridge is expected to be completed by the month of August this year, the Basantar bridge and the Tarnah-I bridge likely to be completed by October this year and the important Ujh bridge likely to be completed by November-December this year, he said.
Ministry of Heavy Industries
ICAT Organized International Seminar on Noise, Vibration and Harshness
International Centre for Automotive Technology  organized aninternational seminar-cum-workshop on Automotive Noise, Vibration and Harshness  on 23rd – 24thMay, 2019 at ICAT, Manesar.
This event was the fifth in a series of biennial training programmes on Automotive NVH, organized by ICAT. With the iNVH seminar-cum-workshop series, ICAT is aiming at creating awareness and providing a platform for exchange of information to professionals and academia, with the involvement of leading experts in the field.
The two-day eventwas attended by220 delegates from different sections of the automotive industry. The sessions during the event focused on various research and development activities, industry practices, testing methodologies and standards. A panel discussion on “NVH challenges faced by the automotive Industry” was also held during the workshop. The participants discussed the basics of NVH technology, problem solving strategies on NVH to give them a global perspective on current trends in the field of NVH.
The speakers were from leading Research & Development Institutes,Mahindra Research Valley, Tata Technologies Ltd, Mahindra Truck and Buses,Siemens PLM Software,3 M India, Comstar Auto, Adams Technologies, Apollo Tyres, Mahindra Tractors.The delegates shared their knowledge on various issues critical to Automotive NVH like automotive NVH – current challenges and future trends, Buzz, Squeak and Rattle- Development challenges for Indian OEM’s,Tractor NVH, Tyre and Road interaction noise, Motor Noise andImportance of NVH Software in Indian industry.
Along with these, various demonstrations on signature evaluation, modal test, sound quality, source localization and indoor pass by noise were also organised during the event on the topics being spoken on in the event.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID Relief Aid
International aid to fight COVID continues to be quickly cleared, apportioned, and sent to States and Union Territories
More than 11,000 Oxygen Concentrators; nearly 16,000 Oxygen Cylinders; 19 Oxygen Generation Plants; more than 8,000 ventilators/Bi PAP; ~6.1 L Remdesivir vials delivered/ dispatched so far
Government of India has been receiving international cooperation of COVID-19 relief medical supplies and equipment since 27th April 2021 from different countries/organisations.
Cumulatively, 11325 Oxygen Concentrators; 15,801 Oxygen Cylinders; 19 Oxygen Generation Plants; 8,526 ventilators/Bi PAP; ~6.1 L Remdesivir vials delivered/ dispatched through road and air, from 27th April 2021 to 17th May 2021.
Major consignments received on 16/17th May 2021 from Australia, Gilead , Indo-Swiss Chamber of Commerce includes:
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Photo 1. Dr Manish Ramvat, Medical Suprintendant, GMERS Hospital, Dharpur Patan, Gujarat speaks about how equipment received as part of foreign assistance will aid COVID19 patients.
[DD News Twitter Link: https://twitter.com/DDNewslive/status/1394297327855104010?s=08]
Photo 2. Dr M. Lego, Director Health Services, Arunachal Pradesh expresses gratitude over the COVID19 equipment & supplies received from abroad through Government of India helping patients in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Photo 3. Flight no. SV760 from Spain arrived at around 1700 hours with Oxygen Concentrators, Ventilators, humidifiers, oxygen mask, oxygen nasal tube, etc.
[DD News Twitter Link: https://twitter.com/DDNewslive/status/1394285112552951808?s=08]
Effective immediate allocation, and streamlined delivery to the recipient states/UTs and institutions is an ongoing exercise. The Union Health Ministry is comprehensively monitoring this on a regular basis. A dedicated Coordination Cell has been created in the Union Health Ministry to coordinate the receipt and allocation of foreign COVID relief material as international cooperation in the form of grants, aid and donations. This Cell started functioning from 26th April 2021. A Standard Operating Procedure has been framed and implemented by the Health Ministry since 2nd May, 2021.
PIB Headquarters
PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- Over 154 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- India's Active caseload currently stands at 9,55,319
- Active cases stands at 2.65%
- Recovery Rate currently at 96.01%
- 60,405 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,46,30,536
- 1,94,720 new cases in the last 24 hours
- Daily positivity rate 
- Weekly Positivity Rate 
- 69.52 cr Total Tests conducted so far
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Ministry of Coal
Mahanadi Coal Railway Ltd  For Transportation of Coal in Talcher Coalfields
Rail Corridor to Facilitate Faster Coal Movement to Paradip and Damra Ports
Angul-Balarm 14 km Length To be functional in 2022
Talcher Coalﬁelds of Mahanadi Coalﬁeld is one of the largest with about 52 BT of coal resources, which is 15% of total prognosticated coal resources in the country. Of the available resources in Talcher Coalfield, more than 63 %  lies within 300 m depth, presenting significant potential for open cast mining.
Talcher coalfields has produced more than 95 Million Tonne  coal during FY22 and likely to produce about 200 MT in FY 2024-25 and about 300 by FY 2030 from Mahanadi Coalfields Limited and allocated coal blocks. To ensure efficient coal evacuation, construction of rail line started in a phased manner in Talcher Coalfields namely MCRL .
The Ministry of Coal has identified construction of MCRL Phase I & II project as high Impact project under PM Gatishakti. “Mahanadi Coal Railway Limited ” was incorporated on 31.08.2015 with 64% share of Mahanadi Coalfield Limited , 26% of IRCON and 10% share of Industrial Development Corporation of Odisha 
The Alignment of the project traverses through Angul district in Odisha. Angul and Jarapda are existing stations of Indian Railways network. Balram is existing loading station in Talcher –Balram private siding of MCL.
MCRL Phase-I  of 14 Km length is expected to be operationalized by this year. This railway line will cater to evacuation of 25 MT coal from MCL mines in Talcher Coalfields.
MCRL Phase-II  of 54 Km is expected to be commissioned by Dec’2025. It provides connectivity to allocated coal blocks on the southern side and central part of Talcher Coalfields.
Phase-II is progressing rapidly, notification for Land acquisition and Forestry Clearances have been obtained. This railway line will cater to evacuation of coal from CIL & Non-CIL Coal Blocks in Talcher Coalfields ~58 MT.
Thus MCRL rail corridor will be a game changer in the evacuation of coal from Talcher coalfields. The rail corridor will improve faster movement of coal rakes to Paradip and Damra ports thereby decongesting rail network and this will also reduce transportation cost considerably. Shipping routes are much cheaper compared to rail network and improves coal availability in southern and western region of the country.